Google is no longer offering people the opportunity to obtain 5 Mbps broadband for free, after paying a $300 connection fee. Instead the company will offer 25 Mbps service for $15 a month to homes in underserved areas. It also will give people the option of purchasing 100 Mbps service for $50 a month. Google will continue to offer 1 GB Internet-only connections for $70 a month. Internet and cable TV bundles will cost $130 a month (up from $120 a month when Fiber first launched in Kansas City).

Apple fixed a bug in iOS that made it possible to access users' contacts and photos from certain models of locked iPhones. The bug only affected users who integrated the virtual assistant Siri with Twitter and photos.

Gawker Media has filed papers asking Florida judge Pamela Campbell to reverse a jury's decision to award $140 million to Hulk Hogan for violating his privacy by posting excerpts of a sex tape. The company also filed papers asking for a new trial or, alternatively, to reduce the award to $1.875 million. Campbell will hear arguments on the motions at a hearing on May 25. If she rules against Gawker, the company plans to appeal to a higher court.

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has turned on end-to-end encryption for all forms of communication on its service -- including messages, phone calls, photos and videos. The move leaves the company with means of complying with court orders demanding access to communications, Wired reports.

The Motion Picture Association of America says a proposed Minnesota revenge porn law is worded so broadly that it could affect a "wide array of mainstream, Constitutionally protected material, including items of legitimate news, commentary, and historical interest." The bill prohibits people from releasing explicit photos or videos without subjects' consent. The MPAA says the measure should be revised so that it only criminalizes that conduct when the person who posts the pictures intends to harass the subjects. Otherwise, according to the MPAA, the measure could make it a crime to post "images of Holocaust victims, or prisoners at Abu …

Chattanooga, Tennessee resident John "Thunder" Thornton spent more than $400,000 to build his own high-speed broadband network last year. He now offers to sell fiber-optic Gigabit service to all of the homes in his 3,000-acre complex for $79 a month. The Chattanooga Times Free Press says Thornton created his own network because he couldn't get affordable broadband any other provider.

The FCC plans to unveil plans on Monday for a label, similar to a "nutrition label," for Internet service providers. The agency hasn't revealed details, other than to say the labels "will provide consumers with easy access to the facts they need to make informed decisions in purchasing a broadband service."

Netflix didn't violate net neutrality regulations by slowing down video streams for AT&T and Verizon wireless customers, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said Thursday. Wheeler said that the FCC doesn't regulate companies like Netflix, which are considered "edge providers."